Muslim perspectives on the life of Jesus and resurrection

To members and friends of St. James UCC… getting ready for Sunday, May 9
We’ll return to some experiences of looking at spiritual truth from outside the Christian tradition with the visit of Sr. Sheikha Farhanahz Ellis who is the Interfaith and Outreach Director of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) located in [...]

Temptations of false security

To members and friends of St. James . . .
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Mission statement

To members and friends . . . tomorrow at St. James United Church of Christ
It’s impossible to forget where we were last Sunday. We’re still reeling from the events in Haiti… still remembering those words from Isaiah… The earth is mourning… the foundations of the earth will rock… [...]

Earthly rulers

To members and friends of St. James UCC…
…a few quick notes about tomorrow
After watching BILL MOYERS JOURNAL last night… especially his conversation with HOWARD ZINN (author of A People’s History of the United States) that included some clips from THE PEOPLE SPEAK program that will be [...]

There will be signs

To members and friends of St. James in Lovettsville….
A very, VERY short word about tomorrow….
It’s the FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT… getting a start on a NEW CHURCH YEAR… and in some respects we begin where we have been the last several weeks… especially when you consider this reading from [...]

Jesus – the original secular humanistic Jew?

To members and friends of St. James UCC . . .
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Authentic power and servanthood

To members and friends of St. James United Church of Christ . . .
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What really matters

To members and friends of St. James UCC…
…a [...]

Brother Francis, afflicting the comfortable

“’Blessing of the Animals’,” the man read from our poster. “Where’s that in the Bible?”
True, no mention of the feast day of St. Francis can be found in the Bible. Point taken (we assumed, correctly, that this gentleman’s question was rhetorical in nature).
Leaving aside for a moment the issue of whether that was [...]

Essentials of Authentic Power

To St. James members and friends… some sharings in getting ready for tomorrow…
In a world too often marked by competition and ambition that can become violent, we sometimes feel powerless. We can even get caught up in a self-seeking mentality ourselves… engaging in little power plays… even among friends and [...]

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